Shadow of Day, Shadow of Night
Artist: Meng Du
January 28–April 16, 2023
Du, People Sitting by the Window No.4 (part), 2022. Glass, mirror, copper foil, 11.4 x 6.5 x 0.3 inches ©Meng Du, photo by Jingxin Hu, courtesy of Fou Gallery
New York - Fou Gallery is pleased to announce that we are presenting glass artist Meng Du’s solo exhibition Shadow of Day, Shadow of Night from January 28 to April 16, 2023. This is Meng Du's third solo show at Fou Gallery, and it features her cast, blown and Tiffany glass works created between 2020 and 2022. This is also the first collaboration between Meng Du and Fou Gallery partner and Art Director, Lynn Hai. When curating Shadow of Day, Shadow of Night, Hai hopes to explore unprecedented perspectives in Du’s creation than the past art critiques on her works. Thus, Hai focuses on the narrative depth and literariness of Du’s glass sculptures. Hai attempts to refine and emphasize this view adequately in both curatorial writing and the visual and spatial presentation and manifest the poetic “constellation” structure in the narrations implied by Du’s works.
The works featured in this exhibition are the series "People Sitting by the Window"&"Grow Secretly in A Boundless World", "Drift Through the Forest, Silence In the Valley", "Hello, Again", "Apartment", "A Cat See the World Leaping Away" and "Cat in the Corner".
News and Reviews
“Meng Du Takes Over Fou Gallery with Her New Body of Glass Works.” Widewalls, 2023.4.3 [Link>>]
“Chinese artist, Meng Du writes evocatively about the concept behind 'A Pair of Glasses in the Kitchen,'” International Festival of Glass, 2023.2.10 [Link >>]
“Art Show | Fou Gallery Presents Artist Meng Du’s Solo Show: Shadow of Day, Shadow of Night.” Li Tang, 2023.2.6 [Link>>]
“Fou Gallery presents "Shadow of Day, Shadow of Night" featuring Meng Du's latest work.” CAFA Art Info, 2023.1.30 [Link>>]
“杜蒙：我从未“征服”玻璃”，Tatler Air ，2023.3.29 [Link>>]
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Artist
Meng Du (b.1986, Beijing, China) Meng Du graduated from the Graphic Design program of Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing (B.F.A.) in 2008 and the Digital Art program at the Department of Glass Program of Rochester Institute of Technology (M.F.A.) in 2013. Currently, she is living and working in Beijing. Her work has continued to exhibit in China, Europe, and in the United States. Her recent exhibitions include: My Flower Doesn't Have A Name Yet, Shanghai Museum of Glass, Shanghai (2023); Meng Du: Echo from the Highland II, Genesis Foundation, Beijing (2022); Finding Hidden Genius: Vivian Maier, Today Art Museum, Beijing (2021); Blazing Element, An+ Art & Design Center, Shenzhen (2020); Mind the Gap, The Delaware Contemporary, U.S.A. (2020); Meng Du: Embers, Fou Gallery, New York (2019); Meng Du: The Room, Shanghai Museum of Glass, Shanghai (2018) and The International Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa at Shiinoki Cultural Complex, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan (2016). In June 2016, she had her first solo exhibition in New York: Meng Du: The Climb, The Fall at Fou Gallery, New York (2016). She served as a residency artist at Seto International Ceramic & Glass Art Exchange Program, Seto, Japan (2021) and Aichi University of Education Glass Program, Aichi, Japan (2017). Her work has been widely featured in China Daily, People’s Daily, Cosmopolitan, Vogue, Yitiao, Art China, CAFA Art Info, and other media platforms. She was invited to give lectures at YiXi (2020) and ROG International Art Project Online Symposium (2020). In 2016, she won the Honorable Mention for The International Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa (Kanazawa, Japan). In 2018, she won the 2018 Saxe Emerging Artist Award at 48th Glass Art Society Conference (Venice, Italy). She is the youngest artist who presented a solo exhibition at the Shanghai Museum of Glass.
Curator
Lynn Hai currently serves as a partner and the Artistic Director at Fou Gallery. She is responsible for leading and designing the artistic and visual style of Fou Gallery, as well as curating exhibitions for artists represented. Her selected curatorial and design experiences include: the group exhibition “Interest in Humanity—Portraits of Yesterday and Today”, spanning 80 years of modern and contemporary portrait art (Fou Gallery, New York, 2023); Highlights of November on PLATFORM, an online art platform by David Zwirner Gallery (New York, 2022); “Together In Distance”, an online benefit art auction for COVID-19 relief (New York, 2020); “Dwelling At the Present”, an Interior Design Exhibition and Forum (Harvard Club, New York, 2019); “Flow Fields - Dilution” at the 2013 Lisbon Triennale (Sinel de Cordes Palace, Lisbon, 2013); among others. She has also been invited to give lectures and participate in panel discussions at academic institutions, including University of London, and Columbia University. Her writings have been published in art periodicals such as ArtChina, CAFA Artinfo, Tussle Magazine, ArtPulse, and others. She graduated from the Architectural Association in London in 2014 and earned her Master's in Design Studies from Harvard University in 2017.
